Hurricane Progress

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October 20, 2020
All the parts for the cockpit before assembly. THe only after market addition are the Seatbelts from Eduard. There are non-painted photo etch seatbelts in the Italeri kit, but I opted for the ones from Eduard.
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October 20, 2020
Cockpit assembled. Also the hatch/door has been painted.
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October 21, 2020
Engine finished! Really nice OOB details in this kit. The color used for the engine block is my favorite Mr.MetalColor 214 Dark Iron.
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October 21, 2020
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October 23, 2020
The engine and the cockpit has been glued into the fuselage.
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October 23, 2020
The fuselage halves have been glued together.
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October 23, 2020
Next I will glue on the wings and horisontal stabilisers and then glue on the hatches with pva glue so I can paint the plane with them on.
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October 23, 2020
The whole body is assembled and pre-shaded before masking for the camo.
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October 23, 2020
I left the underside a little darker than the top side.
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October 29, 2020
Result after spraying the first color of the camo.
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October 29, 2020
I'm only masking along the camo lines as I don't think there will be much overspray. Result after spraying the second color.
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October 29, 2020
Resulting camo scheme. I've also finished the propeller.
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October 29, 2020
I unmasked the cockpit as I can put on the canopy for the rest of the paintwork as I have now sprayed the part that would be covered by the canopy.
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November 2, 2020
Decals are on! 😉
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November 2, 2020
I have also finished all the small parts.
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November 2, 2020
I added hydraulic lines to the gear, by using aluminium wire that I sprayed with my favourite Mr.Color Super Metallic Silver SM01.
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November 2, 2020
I also added the extra parts for the gear in the wheel wells.
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November 2, 2020
Rear gear added. 😉
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November 2, 2020
Gear assembled.
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November 2, 2020
Ready and waiting for some weathering.
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November 2, 2020
The Hurricane is finished!
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November 2, 2020
The left hatch is separate and can be taken off.
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November 2, 2020
The top, and side engine cowlings are separate and can be taken off to show the engine. I did a miss with the right side landing light. It started by glueing it in upside down, and when I had removed it and removed the glue stains by sanding and polishing, it had become a little too small. I'm not happy with the result, but it will have to do.
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November 2, 2020
I used Molotow liquid chrome for the mirror. I think it was really successful. 🙂
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Comments

23 20 October 2020, 17:56

Björn Svedberg Author
I've started the work on the Italeri Hurricane. So far I'm really impressed with this little kit. Nice Details, poseable ailerons, and an engine with cowls that can be both open and closed. At the moment only the cockpit is finished. 🙂

20 October 2020, 17:59

Björn Svedberg Author
Another update. I've finished the engine. Once again, I really like the detailing of this kit!

21 October 2020, 10:29

Palo G
Hi Björn. It looks very nice 🙂

21 October 2020, 13:30

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Very nice Bjiorn!
I'm currently building the same kit myself. One step behind you, cockpit not finished yet.
Following.

21 October 2020, 17:57

Björn Svedberg Author
Thanks Palo and Giannis! 🙂
Good luck with your build, Giannis! 👍

21 October 2020, 18:30

Björn Svedberg Author
Another update. I've been working hard on this plane and now the body of the plane is finished and pre-shaded. Next will be masking for the camo.

23 October 2020, 17:08

Jos Jansen
Very nice....!

23 October 2020, 17:40

Björn Svedberg Author
Thank you Jos! 🙂
Another update. The camo has been applied. Next will be the insignias.

29 October 2020, 17:04

Björn Svedberg Author
I have finished the Hurricane! 🙂 Next in line in the project will be the British Light Utility Car, then the figures.

2 November 2020, 16:25

James C
Gorgeous looking Hurricane Björn. Fantastic job once again on the paintwork👍

2 November 2020, 16:51

Nathan Dempsey
Great work Björn. I agree, that's a awesome finish inside and out 🙂

2 November 2020, 18:56

Palo G
Just Perfect 🙂

3 November 2020, 06:53

Björn Svedberg Author
Thank you James, Nathan and Palo. I really enjoyed building this kit. 🙂

4 November 2020, 10:58

Sergej I
A Beauty!
I've never built a Hurricane before 🙂

4 November 2020, 13:55

Björn Svedberg Author
Thanks, Sergej! 🙂
This was the first one for me, also. As it's such an iconic airplane, I felt that I had to have one.

4 November 2020, 15:07

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Very beautiful sir! Thumbs up!

4 November 2020, 17:26

Björn Svedberg Author
Thank you Giannis! 🙂

5 November 2020, 13:51

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Progress pictures of my build of the Italeri 1:48-scale Hawker Hurricane Mk.1.
I will also add the Tamiya British Light Utility Car and the ICM RAF Pilots and Ground Personnel to this project.

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